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Karpov

American  
[kahr-pawf, -pof, kahr-puhf] / ˈkɑr pɔf, -pɒf, ˈkɑr pəf /

noun

  1. Anatoly born 1951, Russian chess player.


Karpov British  
/ ˈkarpəf /

noun

  1. Anatoly (anaˈtɔlij). born 1951, Russian chess player and politician: world champion (1975–85); FIDE world champion (1993–99); member of the Russian Civic Chamber from 2005

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A sprawling adjacent plot of untouched grass, which city council head Andriy Karpov told Reuters could be used if necessary, is a macabre reminder of the deaths still likely to come.

From Reuters • Jun. 8, 2023

People close to Mr. Karpov, however, have said that he slipped and fell.

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2022

The coach-pupil relationship with young Garry Kasparov would last until 1990, the year Kasparov won his fifth and final world championship match against his great rival Anatoly Karpov.

From Washington Times • Jun. 14, 2022

During the Soviet era, grandmasters like Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov were treated as celebrities.

From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2022

In the fourth game Karpov moved his knight on his twenty-first move, which Bobby insisted was the “proof” of the beginning of the staged sequence.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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